Do you ever feel like everyone is moving forward except you?

[Anonymous]

Sometimes things are going extremely great and I'm feeling on top of the world( chasing my dreams, pursuing an awesome relationship). Other times it feels like everyone is traveling and doing all these fun things and I'm just stuck in the same boring old routine. Does it ever happen to you?

[Betawolf]

I realize this every day. All of my friends have had girlfriends/boyfriends for the past 2+ years, aside from one or 2 who are on and off with theirs. They all go to the best school in my state, for very good majors and all will be making big bucks real soon. I had to stay out of my community college for a year because I had no money, unlike my friends, and needed to work. Out of my friend group, I am the only one who hasn't traveled out of the state. Sometimes I feel like I am living for nothing, while the world around me moves on and forgets me.

But, that is not so. I keep reminding myself that I am here for something, that I will accomplish what I want in life. Keep your head up, make yourself think positive things about life. Be optimistic, and you will find that you will be happier. I was in the "same old boring routine" for the past 3-4 years, but something happened in the last year or so that made me really think about my life and myself. I learned that to become happy, you just have to be...happy. Don't let things get to you so easily, keep yourself busy so you stay focused on important things and to keep your mind off of whatever is bothering you, and just live life. Don't pass up opportunities to meet new people, or experience new things.

[Jinmetsu_Rasetsu]

Well, in my case, it is so. I am the only straight male in my family that has reached my age, and are not married or have children. For that matter, I don't even have a love interest.

I see cousins and other relatives that were children as I became an adult, now have children of their own. I seen so many marriages, and so many other things go on.

Sometimes, I wonder, Did I waste my time by Joining the Military? Am I now wasting my time as a Truck driver, over the road? I sometimes question the very essence of my situation. Sometimes I just wonder.

Therein is what the dilemma is for the both of us: we allowed ourselves to hover in a comfort zone, and boxed ourselves in... Only to peek out the box, and realize (when it is too late/all said and done)that everything around us have changed, but us.

[Lonergirl0506]

It takes a lit of courage to get out of the comfort zone. As we are used to it and protected by it. But I'm still young, I think I could still change my personality and my life. I'm a terrible person, I don't really have specialitues except writing and studying, but my grades are falling. I'm not really pretty or sinething and I debt like to talk, I have few friends and I don't treat my parents well because of those things. But I can still change, because I think that is not the real me. That is just the mask of me oppressing tedious school life. I'm going to reborn, to reveal my true self to others and try to improve myself in every single life. To embrace new people and life into myself. Please support me and work hard together...

[CrystalMinds]

Yeah, sometimes I feel like that too. Some of my friends are moving in with their boyfriend, finding a job, thinking about marriage and children. I'm still single, I went for my bachelors degree, got it, then started to go for my masters degree, not even thinking about marriage or kids...

[Prescribed_By_Me]

Yeah sometimes...but as long as you keep believing you will get there or ahead then eventually you will. A lot of my friends got married or had babies after high school or 2 years after. I think I'm to young for that and want more than to get ahead in that way.

[Anonymous]

yeah mee too especially on Facebook lol